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Pollitt, Katha | October 17, 1988 issue

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This article focuses on presentation of debates in television programs in the United States. In the TV program "Meet the Press," candidates rather than the networks established the format and picked the interrogators. The public deserves far better treatment, and wants better television, which a more dramatic debate format could have provided. Moreover, the Federal Communications Act promises that broadcasters will operate in the public interest, convenience and necessity. Broadcasters in the United States have never been so rich and powerful as they are today. They can well afford the cost of making such a real debate happen and have a duty to do so. They have nothing to lose but their ratings, and the electorate has everything to gain.

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TELEVISION broadcasting -- United States; MEET the Press (TV program); TELEVISION -- Law & legislation; BROADCASTERS; PUBLIC interest; UNITED States
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